The Feria de Abril goes back to the 19th century, when it was a livestock festival but rapidly evolved into a burst of cheer, colour and liveliness where fun is the name of the game. The festival, in which the natural beauty of girls and women from Seville is enhanced by Flamenco costumes, is the ideal time to come together as friends, with glasses of manzanilla, and a few tapas of course, to the sound of traditional Seville singing and dancing. Over this period, Seville becomes brightly coloured, decorated with thousands of a fairy lights, paper flowers, photographs, people, paintings and other decorations.